bread and honey

noun

British slang money

Origin of bread and honey

C20: rhyming slang

Words Nearby bread and honey

bread and butter
bread-and-butter letter
bread-and-butter model
bread-and-butter pickle
bread and circuses
bread and honey
breadbasket
breadboard
breadbox
breadcrumb
bread flour

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How to use bread and honey in a sentence

For the new-born, dainty bread-and-honey; for the adolescent, dry bread.
Bramble-bees and Others | J. Henri Fabre

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